Engineering Seminars Test Calendar 2.10

Friday, May 15, 2026

Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato
Recurring

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
- Other
FINAL DEFENSE: Luke Westawker "Probing the Photochemistry and Properties of Nickel and Palladium Complexes”. Advisor: Professor Liviu Mirica

2:00 pm

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, May 17, 2026

CHBE 2026 Spring Convocation Ceremony

9:30 11:00 am

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
- Ceremony/Service
ChBE 2026 Spring Convocation Reception

11:00 1:00 p.m.

Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Reception/Open House

Monday, May 18, 2026

Dr. Keren Zhu Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Seminar

10:00 - 11:00 am

B02 CSL Auditorium or Zoom
- Seminar/Symposium
MS Thesis Defense | Dalton Renner

11:00 am

W-121 Turner Hall
- Other

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Yoga at Beckman
Recurring

12:00 pm

Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
- Health/Fitness

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Lali Gutierrez, UIUC, Final Defense, "Early-Aβ Targeting Probes For Alzheimer’s disease And Related Dementias In 5xFAD Mice"

9:00 am

B102 Chemical Life Sciences Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Cookie Collab

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Atrium

Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
- Social/Informal Event

Friday, May 22, 2026

Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato
Recurring

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
- Other
FINAL DEFENSE: Brandon Rasmussen "Designing and Constructing a Transient Soft X-ray Absorption Spectrometer to Probe Molecular Photochemistry". Advisor: Professor Joshua Vura-Weis

2:00 pm

Natural History Building Room 2078
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Blake Ocampo, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Chemoinformatic Tools for Applications in Small Molecule Catalysis"

3:00 pm

Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801, Room 1002
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Yoga at Beckman

12:00 pm

Beckman Institute Room 1005

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and this date will be held in Beckman room 1005. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
- Health/Fitness
Digital Geometry: From Raw Points to Smooth Models

1:00 - 2:30 pm

Vis Lab 2203 Beckman
- Conference/Workshop

Thursday, May 28, 2026

Thesis Defense

2:30 pm

Virtual (Zoom)
- Lecture

Friday, May 29, 2026

Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato
Recurring

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
- Other

Monday, June 1, 2026

Thesis Defense

2:00 pm

276 Loomis
- Lecture
Final Defense: Musarrat Jabeen (Shapiro Lab) - ""Exploring The Therapeutic Potential, And Deciphering The Pathways Underlying Acquired Resistance To ErSO In Ovarian And Breast Cancer"

3:00 pm

419 RAL (Rose Room)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

New-to-Beckman tour

9:30 am

MRI Exhibit

Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
- Informational
Final Defense Joo Hun "John", TBA

2:00 pm 03/06/2026

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Lab Renovation Celebration Breakfast

9:00 - 11:00 am

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Join us to celebrate several renovations and upgrades at the Beckman Institute. Remarks will begin at 9:20 a.m. in the Beckman garden, weather permitting.
- Festival/Celebration
Yoga at Beckman

12:00 pm

Beckman Institute Room 1005

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and this date will be held in Beckman room 1005. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
- Health/Fitness

Friday, June 5, 2026

Thesis Defense

12:00 pm

236 Loomis
- Lecture

Monday, June 8, 2026

Thesis Defense

11:00 am

276 Loomis
- Lecture

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Gather in the Garden

10:00 - 10:30 am

Beckman Institute Center Atrium

Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Yoga at Beckman
Recurring

12:00 pm

Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
- Health/Fitness

Friday, June 12, 2026

Final Defense Ching Hsiu Chung, TBA

10:00 am 03/06/2026

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium
Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato
Recurring

1:00 - 2:00 pm

Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom
- Other

Monday, June 15, 2026

Thesis Defense

10:00 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture
Thesis Defense: "Synthetic Dirac Mass: Nonlinearity, Orbitals, and Fractional Charge"

10:00 am

2043 LuMEB
- Lecture

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Thesis Defense

1:00 pm

464 Loomis
- Lecture

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Thesis Defense

10:00 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture
Yoga at Beckman
Recurring

12:00 pm

Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
- Health/Fitness

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Thesis Defense

9:00 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture
Yoga at Beckman
Recurring

12:00 pm

Beckman Institute Room 5269-5th Floor Tower

Join us at noon on Wednesdays this fall for yoga with a view! All sessions are free and will be held in Beckman's fifth-floor tower room. All are welcome to bring their own mat!
- Health/Fitness

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

New-to-Beckman tour

9:30 am

MRI Exhibit

Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
- Informational

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Thesis Defense

10:00 am

236 Loomis
- Lecture

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

New-to-Beckman tour

9:30 am

MRI Exhibit

Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
- Informational

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

New-to-Beckman tour

9:30 am

MRI Exhibit

Come find out more about the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology! Learn about the barrier-busting interdisciplinary research facility and community of innovation. First Tuesday of the month from 9:30-10 a.m.
- Informational

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

4:00 pm

116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 14, 2026

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 21, 2026

R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Free professional portraits at Beckman

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Fifth floor tower room at the Beckman Institute

Beckman community members are invited to stop by the fifth floor tower room to have a professional portrait taken. First come, first served, with no need to register in advance.
- Other
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium